EXCLUSIVE: After Amazon launched the first in a series of special episodes from The Grand Tour team, the streamer is preparing to send out Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May on solo mis…
: I think that’s absolutely right, because when we did thethat was the first time I’d seen Jeremy [Clarkson] since the previous year. I mean, I hadn’t seen him for three or four months, which was great. But then when I saw him I thought, “Oh no.” But actually, it did mean we had a sort of store of banter, if you like, and I hate that word by the way. But we had it all sort of stored up ready to sort of fire broadsides at each other. It was quite refreshing.
It’s different with Amazon because they effectively buy you out because they’re already worldwide. But then they’re a bit more generous with the cash. So yeah, I don’t know. If you’re saying, “Would I be slightly richer if I had a production company?” Maybe, but I could also be flat broke and lose the house, and I just don’t care that much. Good luck to Hammond with his. He seems to be making it work, but I don’t envy him in the slightest.
It must have been quite a heady time in maybe the ’70s or the ’80s, where for the few people who were in TV, life was extremely rarefied, glamorous and very enviable. But the modern world is better and always has been. So I think the fact that TV is more accessible both as a viewer and a creator has to be a good thing. It must be.
But then other bits of TV will still survive. Like Amazon’s done a big deal with football, and things like live sport, news, political debates since we’ve got an election going on. That sort of thing will always be what they call the appointment to view. People love to talk about the appointment to view. And that will remain true of a general election, an assassination, the World Cup final, people landing on the moon. That will still be true.
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